1954年举行的日内瓦会议,为中英建交打开了大门。周恩来总理兼外长和英国外交大臣艾登勋爵达成了在两国首都互派代办和设立代办处的协议。正是他们两位为中国和英国的建交奠定了基石。之所以派代办而不派大使,是因为英国暂时还未能撤回它在台北的领事馆。 The Geneva conference of 1954 opened the door for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Britain. Premier Zhou Enlai and his foreign minister and Lord Aydin, the foreign minister of Great Britain and Great Britain, reached an agreement on the exchange of money between the two capitals and the establishment of a representative office. It is they who laid the cornerstone for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Britain. The reason for sending an agent instead of sending an ambassador is that Britain has yet to withdraw its consulate in Taipei for the time being.